THE Mook Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Good Morning! I had the pleasure of knocking this out a couple weeks back. The customer came to me after he took delivery of his new SRT8 from a Local Jeep Dealer. HE was not impressed with their "detail" so to speak, so upon good word of mouth, he found me. The Jeep still had some adhesive from delivery, a few water spots and bugs here and there, however, the Flat Black Roof and Hood Stripes were pretty beat up. Water stained and generally dirty, I was a little worried I would be able to get them out! Here's what it looked like when it arrived: The Wheels on these things get trashed as soon as you drive down the street. Plenty of Bug Carcasses for me to remove. Engine Bay wasn't horrible. After that Range Rover, what it? The mirror caps were also vinyl wrapped, but those were coming off for paint. Cool, I didn't need to spend too much time on them. A Trip to the Airport the day before in the rain got the White Paint nice and dirty for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE Mook Posted July 12, 2013 Author Share Posted July 12, 2013 The Products and Process: (This was an Exterior Only Detail, so I would be able to focus HARD on that paint!) · Wheel Wells and Tires cleaned with Adam's All Purpose Cleaner and the Adam's 20" Fender Brush. · Wheels cleaned with Adam's Deep Wheel Cleaner, Adam's Boulder Blonde Boar's Hair Wheel Brush, and Adam's Turbostick. · Engine Bay cleaned with Adam's All Purpose Cleaner, Adam's Wheel Woolies, and Adam's Boulder Blonde Boar's Hair Wheel Brush. · Exhaust Tip cleaned with Adam's All Purpose Cleaner, .0000 Steel Wool (inside tip), Adam's Metal Polish Combo, Adam's Blue Hex Grip Applicator, and an old Adam's Single Soft Towel. · Two Bucket Wash with Grit Guards and Two Wash Pads from the Adam's Complete Two Bucket Wash Kit. · Vehicle was dried using Adam's Air Force Master Blaster and Adam's Great White Drying Towel. · Engine Bay, Tires and Trim were dressed with either Adam's SVRT or Adam's In and Out Spray. · Wheel Wells were dressed with Adam's Invisible Undercarriage Spray. · Vehicle was masked with Adam's Professional Detailer's Masking Tape. · Door Jambs were cleaned with Adam's Waterless Wash and Adam's Waterless Wash Towels. · Interior Glass cleaned with Adam's Glass Cleaner and Adam's Glass Cleaning Microfiber Towels. · Decontamination of paint and glass was done using Adam's Detailing Claybar and Adam's Detail Spray as a lubricant. I also used Adam's Detailing Clay to remove the factory adhesive that was left behind from the first "detailer". · Vinyl pieces over paint were cleaned with my own mixture of Adam's APC and Adam's WW in a 16oz. bottle, and an Adam's WW Towel. · Vinyl pieces after being cleaned were treated with Adam's Revive Hand Car Polish and the Adam's Blue Hex Grip Applicator. · Exterior Glass then sealed with Adam's Glass Sealant, Adam's Microfiber Applicator Pads and Adam's Glass Cleaning Microfiber Towels. · Spots of paint were corrected (swirl marks and water spotting) with the Flex 3401VRG Polisher, Adam's 7" Orange Paint Correcting Pad, and Adam's Paint Correcting Polish. · The entirety of the paint was polished with the same polisher, Adam's 7" White Polishing Pad, and Adam's Paint Finishing Polish. · Paint and Vinyl Stripes were treated to Adam's Quick Sealant via the Adam's Americana Hex Grip Applicator. · All Polish and Sealant residue removed with Adam's DoubleSoft Towels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE Mook Posted July 12, 2013 Author Share Posted July 12, 2013 Here are some "During the Process" shots. I pre-treated the Bug Guts with Adam's APC. Normally I would have done that with Adam's WW, however, these suckers were abnormally large, and I knew from previous conversations, that this paint had no sealant on it. Therefore the WW trick wouldn't work quite as well. Not entirely sure what the "Detailer" before me used, but it was chock full of silicone-y funk. After having detailed Adam's new SRT8, I KNEW exactly what these wheels needed! Poor wheels. They are always bloody when I am done with them. Gave that "corner" another rinse and moved on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE Mook Posted July 12, 2013 Author Share Posted July 12, 2013 After pulling it in and drying it off, I placed some shop towels like you find at Home Depot on either side of the tires to catch the Adam's Invisible Undercarriage Spray drippings. I went ahead at this time and chose to touch up the engine for anything I may have missed during the wash. Then dressed it with Adam's In and Out Spray. The previous "Detailer" used some sort of wheel sealant or wax before it got to me, and Adam's Deep Wheel Cleaner and it, well, didn't play nice together. I ended up taking the Cordless Drill and the Adam's 4" Focus Kit with Adam's Paint Correcting Polish to the wheels, to bring them back to how they should look. I really dig these wheels. Time for the night to be over, so I stowed the Jeep, taped it off a bit, and went home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE Mook Posted July 12, 2013 Author Share Posted July 12, 2013 This paint is like butter to work with. I knew that really I could get stellar results with our new Polish Duo, so that wasn't giving me anxiety. The stripes however, were. From a brief conversation and some quick on my feet thinking at the recent Dealer Invitational, Forum Member DiPolley was out and had some questions regarding how to deep clean his vinyl wrapped hood, I was able to fire up a little cocktail of APC/WW to attempt to get some deep staining out. My thinking was I needed something more aggressive than Car Shampoo, not totally as acidic as APC, but still need some lubrication so that I didn't potentially damage the Vinyl itself. Here's what I got after some cleaning. I apologize, to this point, I am not sure if other than that one picture, I don't know if I was able to capture any close ups of the before of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE Mook Posted July 12, 2013 Author Share Posted July 12, 2013 (edited) I was really pleased with what Adam's Quick Sealant did to the vinyl. It really made it look like new, but way better. Here is the Jeep Outside, after I completed the entire thing. Good Lord that's hot. The White was giving a lot of glowing reflections! Still though, Orange Peel City. BLAM! Look at that Vinyl! That engine came back like you knew it would. Thanks for stopping in! Mook Edited July 12, 2013 by Mook@Adams Redbeard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randyfox Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Blam! Looking good brother! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBlack151 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 I love those things more and more every time I see one. And that one being white just looks soooo sexy. Nice work my man! THE Mook 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
07RS4 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Nice job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHL88 Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 i love the way straight quick sealant looks on white. Bright as a mother. THE Mook 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golf for Life Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Nice Mook. Dealers should pass your card on to all customers that want there cars to be detailed correctly. THE Mook 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacificNWBuckeye Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 This is white, this is white on Mook..... any questions? Amazing turn around Mook, never seen white with that depth before. THE Mook 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris@Adams Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Nice job Mook, that is pretty sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Mook sir you do superior work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyAcadia09 Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Sweet! Some 'detailers' should be whipped with a PC cord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE Mook Posted July 13, 2013 Author Share Posted July 13, 2013 Thanks for the words of encouragement! I enjoy performance SUVs a little more than most! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTBSS Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Now the question I want to know the answer to is. Did you line the TBSS up against it for a quick run? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE Mook Posted July 13, 2013 Author Share Posted July 13, 2013 I wish! My TBSS is currently a paperweight... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTBSS Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 That sucks what happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase@InsanePaint Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Sexy sexy ride!! Time for a good camera Mook.....no more cell phone pics if you're gonna do this "studio" thing!! Tell Adam the 8 megapixel stuff just ain't cuttin' it NO MO'.... BrianT, JBlack151 and Redbeard 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE Mook Posted July 13, 2013 Author Share Posted July 13, 2013 Chase that is a real camera, I'm still learning it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianT Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Nice job!!! I love those SRT8 Jeeps, just not the price! THE Mook 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwag one Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Ooo I want one so bad, but the wifey says no due to life changing events. I will have one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Machine Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 Mook that thing looks amazing. Awesome work as usual!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blcksilv08 Posted July 14, 2013 Share Posted July 14, 2013 Great job as always mook. Its amazing to see how much Jeeps have changed from what they were originally built for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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